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Investor, amateur philosopher & retired company CTO. Blogs about Philosophy, Art, Strategy, Politics, Soccer, Sex, Finance & Cryptocurrencies

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Joined August 2017
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petrmisan(25)•in #gametheory•

Why you shouldn't slow down to look at a road accident [Nobel laureate Thomas Schelling]

People slow down to enjoy a look at the wreckage on the other side of the divider. Curiosity has the same effect as a bottle-neck. Even the driver who, when he ...

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petrmisan(25)•in #immortality•

Being immortal will change what we will do with our time (Nick Bostrom)

In devising the sort of projects that lend meaning and a sense of cohesion to our lives, we presuppose that we will live for a certain number of years; say, unt...

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petrmisan(25)•in #success•

On Spotting Our Own Biases (Eliezer Yudkowsky)

We’re especially loath to think of our views as inaccurate compared to the views of others. Even when we correctly identify others’ biases, we have a special bi...

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petrmisan(25)•in #fashion•

The Politics of Italian Fashion: Versace as 'New Money'

While the fashion house was based in Milan, none of the Versaces had particularly liked the city. They had come from Italy’s deep south, a languid, backward, ma...

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petrmisan(25)•in #investing•

Hedge Fund King Steve Cohen: Optimizing Time for Making $$$

There was almost no time in a twenty-four-hour day Cohen didn’t use for a moneymaking purpose, and he attributed much of SAC’s success to this work ethic. Cohen...

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petrmisan(25)•in #anarchy•

An economic transaction is not an exchange between two items of equal value (Murray Rothbard)

Exchange is the prime basis of our economic life. Without exchanges, there would be no real economy and, practically, no society. Clearly, a voluntary exchange ...

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petrmisan(25)•in #investing•

Peter Thiel's default state is to embody contradiction

Thiel’s default state is to embody contradiction. Doing so is what makes him such a brilliant investor, considering each trade and investment anew from a dozen ...

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petrmisan(25)•in #taleb•

Don't Get an Assistant! (Nassim Nicholas Taleb)

One of the best pieces of advice I have ever received was the recommendation by a very successful (and happy) older entrepreneur, Yossi Vardi, to have no assist...

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petrmisan(25)•in #investing•

Having a dinner conversation with Peter Thiel

Even if Thiel were just an ordinary investor, dinner with him would make anyone nervous. One quickly finds that he is a man notoriously averse to small talk, or...

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petrmisan(25)•in #taleb•

Academic writing is more complicated than necessary because the authors lack skin in the game

Things designed by people without skin in the game tend to grow in complication (before their final collapse). There is absolutely no benefit for someone in suc...

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jrcornel(25)•in #cryptocurrency•

If history repeats, crypto could be days away from a massive rally! Ned Scott speaks?

https://s14.postimg.cc/it1jftv0x/DcERxsyVAAAj5lb.jpg If things were to play out even remotely similar to how they did last year, we could be days away from the ...

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